Acura Meyer Shank Racing finally ends Porsche Penske’s IMSA win streak
Pole positions typically don’t mean much in endurance racing. And while IMSA’s Detroit Grand Prix race is considered a sprint by the series’ and by definition short in length, it doesn’t guarantee that whoever leads the front of the field at the start, will lead it to the checkered flag. Today, though, the action in […]
Acura literally rubs its way into a front row lockout for IMSA’s Detroit GP start
Welcome to Detroit, where the story so far this weekend is “The Taming of the Slippery Track Surface” for both the IndyCar and IMSA Weathertech Sportscar series. Every track session is luckily adding a little more rubber to the track, with hopes there might be enough to lessen the slips and slides that have plagued […]
Wickens proves he’s ready for his new challenge
Robert Wickens went into his first race of the season in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at Long Beach with a simple goal: “To leave with our heads held high.” The Canadian undoubtedly did that over the course of his maiden event aboard a Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R specially adapted to allow him to drive […]
Cadillac unveils Wayne Taylor Racing’s Le Mans livery
Cadillac unveiled the livery in which the Wayne Taylor Racing squad will make its maiden assault on the Le Mans 24 Hours next month. WTR’s solo V-Series.R LMDh entered for the double-points round of the World Endurance Championship on 14-15 June will be backed by oil company Mobil 1. The primary sponsorship by Mobil 1 […]
Lopez named as Toyota Hypercar reserve for WEC’s Le Mans 24 Hours
Jose Maria Lopez will be on standby at next month’s Le Mans 24 Hours as a Toyota Hypercar reserve driver for the World Endurance Championship’s blue-riband event. Toyota Gazoo Racing has formalised the role the 2021 Le Mans winner played last year when he replaced the injured Mike Conway at short notice ahead of the […]
Iron Lynx to run special Mercedes Silver Arrows livery at Le Mans 2025
Mercedes World Endurance Championship squad Iron Lynx will run a special livery at this year’s Le Mans 24 Hours to celebrate the German marque’s victory of the famous enduro in 1989. The customer team will deck its three Mercedes GT3s in the popular Silver Arrows scheme that was used when the manufacturer claimed a dominant […]
Toyota to mark anniversary of its Le Mans 24 Hours project with special livery
Toyota will mark the 40th anniversary of its first factory-supported assault on the Le Mans 24 Hours with a special livery for this year’s edition of the race. The #7 Toyota GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercar to be driven by Kamui Kobayashi, Mike Conway and Nyck de Vries in the double-points round of the World […]
IMSA Laguna Seca: Penske-Porsche seal 1-2 victory
The #6 Porsche Penske Motorsport piloted by Mathieu Jaminet and Matt Campbell ended a three-race winning run by the team’s sister car with an impressive victory at Laguna Seca. Jaminet and Campbell, who have had to watch teammates in the #7 car of Felipe Nasr and Nick Tandy win the opening three rounds of the […]
Penske Porsche #6 wins close IMSA SportsCars race at Laguna Seca
The #6 Porsche Penske Motorsport piloted by Mathieu Jaminet and Matt Campbell ended a three-race winning run by the team’s sister car with an impressive victory at Laguna Seca. Jaminet and Campbell, who have had to watch teammates in the #7 car of Felipe Nasr and Nick Tandy win the opening three rounds of the […]